The clinical course of hepatitis E virus infection in patients of a tertiary Dutch hospital over a 5-year period

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 509-514

  Riezebos Brilman, Annelies ^a   Verschuuren, Erik A M ^a   van Son, Willem J ^a   van Imhoff, Gustaaf W ^a   Brügemann, Johan ^a   Blokzijl, Hans ^a   Niesters, Hubert G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic infection; Diagnostcs; Hepatitis E virus; Immunocompromised patients; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIREMIA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALT; CHRONIC INFECTION; DIAGNOSTCS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEV; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS; OPEN READING FRAME; ORF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RT-PCR; SCT; SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SOT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT; TX;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886301593     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

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